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Yes. And whatever drink you prefer is acceptable - wine, boxed wine, anything fermented really...or distilled...
And for those who do not drink alcohol, they can have water, tea, coffee, OJ, or anything they please.

This is really my favorite thread right now!!! At least it shows that some people have a great sense of humour!!!
And the longer this thread goes, the more I vote to keep thumbs up and down BUT to associate the usernames with them... I think even Facebook does that.

I posted on OT topics supporting gay marriage & asking for OT Day to end because the politics were driving me batty. I got nothing but thumbs up. I come here and post about puking emoticons and get tons of thumbs down. Does that mean people are more offended by vomit than gay marriage and the election? I give that a

Why is it not helpful when I express my opinion that I would prefer to know the names of the user who give Thumbs up or Thumbs down???
I really cant take people serious who are not able to stand behind their opinion...

I posted on OT topics supporting gay marriage & asking for OT Day to end because the politics were driving me batty. I got nothing but thumbs up. I come here and post about puking emoticons and get tons of thumbs down. Does that mean people are more offended by vomit than gay marriage and the election? I give that a

I know I'm more offended by vomit than either of those things. But I should probably specify that it's human vomit that really grosses me out, since I'm a pre-vet major and have cleaned up too much dog/cat puke to be grossed out by that anymore.

I would give you a thumbs up for this, but I don't want you to have to check your notifications But I totally agree with you, it takes the discussion out of the whole point of this being a discussion board.

Originally Posted by vxf111

It's not so much getting either of the thumbs that bothers me (though it seems contrary to the purpose of a DISCUSSION board to have an opinion but refuse to engage in DISCUSSION) but the darn notifications. I don't want to have to click on something and parse through meaningless good/bad ratings to find out if I have a PM. It's annoying.